#6B596E#6B596E

#6B596E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.040 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B596E
RGB	rgb(107, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(291, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.24, 11.51, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.24, 14.75, 321.33°)
OKLab	oklab(48.93% 0.0311 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(48.93% 0.04 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4499, 11.3966, 16.2927)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B596E #5C6E59

analogous

#61596E #6B596E #6E5967

triadic

#6B596E #6E6B59 #596E6B

tetradic

#6B596E #6E6159 #5C6E59 #59676E

square

#6B596E #6E6159 #5C6E59 #59676E

split-complementary

#6B596E #676E59 #596E61

monochromatic

#29222A #4A3E4C #6B596E #8C758F #A897AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#6B596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#6B596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B596E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B596E	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B606D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.040 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958897',
    500: '#6b596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b596e;
$custom-light: #958897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48927,
    "c": 0.03975,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B596E

secondary

#8C9989

accent

#B3747D

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B596E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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